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Seanad: Commencement Matters: Family Support Services (15 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Zappone, to the House. As Leader, I congratulate her on her Galas success. Grove Cottage, the Togher family support service, is an important community facility that gives access to families who need its services. Some 77 children and families availed of the service last year. This group of people fall between private and public funding and cannot afford a...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Family Support Services (15 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Minister for her reply. I hope that we can bring a resolution to the issue. The Minister is also working with the Department of Justice and Equality in this area. It is a matter that is ongoing in other parts of the country as well. The work being done here, and the emails I read out, are testimonials from people. The amount of money involved is relatively small in the...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No. 1, Water Services Bill 2017 - Committee and Remaining Stages, to be taken at 12.45 p.m.; No. 2, motion regarding an earlier signature motion regarding the Water Services Bill 2017, to be taken on the conclusion of No. 1, without debate; No. 3, statements on health, to be taken at 3.30 p.m. and to conclude no later than 5.30 p.m., with the contribution of group...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator is obsessed with Senator Coghlan.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Mark Daly is well offside.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: There is a square ball.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Daly is obsessed with Senator Coghlan.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Daly has repeatedly made the same point.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: And Deputy Naughten.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator just made it that.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: Who is criticising it?

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: Here we go.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator has not been, so far.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator is grandstanding.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the 21 Members for their contributions and the Cathaoirleach. It is important that we as Members of this House reaffirm our respect and trust in the Cathaoirleach as an impartial chairman. His generosity is overstretched by Members at times, but I assure him of my support. He is a very fair man and is doing a good job. Senators Daly, Gavan, Ó Ríordáin, Ruane,...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: Members should not come in with cheap, populist rhetoric. It ill-behoves them-----

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: There has been an increase in funding for the homeless. I am replying to the Order of Business.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I took 21 contributions. I take notes every single day. I have an obligation to respond. I appreciate from where the Cathaoirleach is coming. Let us deal with the facts. Some €6 billion is being provided, a 20% increase in the budget. It is the largest ever housing allocation. They are the facts. This is not fake news or Senator Daly's spin.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: In her contribution, Senator Black mentioned normalising homelessness. Nobody on the Government side is trying to normalise anything about homelessness. Rather, we are trying to solve the problem. The use of language in the House or on the airwaves is very important. That is what the Minister was trying to convey. I agree with Senators Wilson and O'Sullivan on the position of Senator...